Construction dispute specialist David Arnott has joined Brodies construction team as a partner.

Arnott, a specialist in construction, engineering and PPP/PFI disputes, joins Brodies from MacRoberts, where was head of the firm’s construction and projects group.

He has to date been involved in more than 200 adjudications and has resolved multi-million pound disputes relating to some of the country’s largest PFI and PPP projects.

Arnott, ranked Band 1 in the current edition of the independent legal directory Chambers and Partners, also acted on a number of disputes which arose during the Edinburgh trams project.

Construction dispute resolution specialist Chris Duff has also joined Brodies as an associate from MacRoberts.

Arnott and Duff will both be based in Brodies Edinburgh office.

Jane McMonagle also joins Brodies construction team in Glasgow as a consultant from Harper Macleod, where she was a partner in its construction team.

Stephen Goldie, head of litigation at Brodies, said: “These great appointments underline our sustained investment in providing the construction, contracting, infrastructure and real estate sectors with a team that can deliver results for clients involved in both contentious and non-contentious matters.”